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Hurricanes football at Marlins Park? No chance, AD says

BOCA RATON — Yes, it’s a shiny new stadium in the heart of Miami. Yes, it’s accessible via public transportation. And yes, there’s even potentially good karma lying dormant underneath Marlins Park, built on the concrete dust of the late, great Orange Bowl.

Blake James chats with UM alumni on Thursday in Boca Raton.

But no, Miami Athletic Director BlakeJames says, Hurricanes football will not be played at the home of baseball’s Miami Marlins. Not happening, even despite the best pitches from Marlins brass, which spent part of Thursday telling him it would work.

During a question-and-answer session on Thursday at a UM Alumni Club of Palm Beach County event at Miller’s Ale House in Boca Raton, James was asked about the possibility of the ‘Canes playing football at the controversial $634-million stadium in Little Havana, which opened in 2012.

James replied by mentioning that the Marlins hosted him for Thursday’s afternoon game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. On the visit, he said, they tried to convince him “it would be a great situation.” First, James explained to the assembled crowd, the sightlines at the park aren’t conducive to football, despite what one college football conference seems to think. There’s also the matter of the 25-year lease at Sun Life Stadium the Hurricanes signed in 2008.

What about even an exhibition game?

“It’s just not feasible,” James told The Post afterward.

Unless someone knocks down buildings in Coral Gables and builds a stadium for UM — oh, there’s also that issue of traffic on US-1 and the Palmetto Expressway — expect many more years in the cavernous land of orange seats.

* Of course, he was asked when the NCAA decision will come down. “I woke up today one day closer to the end,” James said. “I don’t know how much closer we really are, but I know we’re one day closer.”

* One alum — clearly not an Alex Rodriguez fan — wondered aloud when “UM was getting a new name for its baseball stadium.” That caused Bailey to chime in, “From what I understand, if there’s $10 million, we can rename the stadium.” James said that UM is in a somewhat uncomfortable position, given the program-record $3.9 million donation A-Rod made in 2009. Hard to strip his name after that, despite his major league record 211-game drug suspension. “We’ll continue to monitor the situation,” James said.